Re: troubleshooting old alarm, worked perfectly till this am....

[Wednesday Rowan <wednesdaytgw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 1:51:48 PM UTC-7, JoeRaisin wrote:
> On 7/22/2015 2:44 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
> > "JoeRaisin" <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:mol1vm$lq2$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Opposite the magnet, there will be a contact.  If you remove it from
> >> the door/window frame, it will be connected to two wires.
> >>
> >> When the contact is in proximity to the magnet, the tiny reed switch
> >> creates a "short".
> >>
> >> By removing the wires from the contact and shorting them together by
> >> twisting the bare copper ends together, you will mimic the action of a
> >> properly functioning contact with the window closed.
> >
> > As old as his system is there is not telling if that's the case.
> >
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> I agree.
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> Looks like the last thing he wants to do is pull the contact - which,=20
> the way I would troubleshoot it, is the first thing to do.

well... I keep explaining why
I understand if you don't agree with my circumstances... but that does not =
change them
digging the glue out of the window... etc... and all that work will not sho=
w anything if, as you said, the problem is in the wire beyond that point.
I think you are thinking as a repairman who is being paid to repair, I am t=
hinking, I want to be able to set the part of the system that protects the =
down stair areas (if they are not the problem, based on removing, re-gluing=
 a lose magnet in the south bedroom window gave me a green light for a whil=
e, then it went red again).
I'm not an electrician... I don't have a multimeter... I had to look up res=
istor (had a vague idea of what they look like and do)... I'm not sure what=
 you mean by using the resistor when removing wires (could not find anythin=
g about that on the internet)... I understand it is a lot more work to answ=
er details to an amateur... I'm a 65 year old woman trying to keep her home=
 together... I need to advice pitched to that level
I've learned a lot from your discussion, thank you